When the Supreme Court considers on Tuesday whether hundreds of thousands of women can band together in an employment discrimination suit against Wal-Mart, the argument may hinge on the validity of the hotly disputed conclusions of a Chicago sociologist. … "Bielby made a conclusion that he had no basis to make," said Laurens Walker, one of two University of Virginia professors who coined the term for the analysis almost 25 years ago. “He hasn’t done the research.” (Other U.Va. law professors cited in the article include John Monahan and Gregory Mitchell).
Applicants to the University of Virginia learned Friday whether they’d been accepted. More than 24,000 applied, a record, and 7,750 were accepted into the Class of 2015. Students got the news via a secure website.
Rising sea levels have been described as the big environmental issue of the next generation, especially here in flood-prone Hampton Roads. With that in mind, area residents are invited to four public meetings this week, all in Virginia Beach and all free, on the potential local risks of rising seas, a phenomenon linked to the slow warming of the Earth. Sponsored by the University of Virginia, Wetlands Watch, the Hampton Roads Sanitation District and the city of Virginia Beach, the meetings are intended to educate residents about sea level rise and let local folks voice their concerns and offer...
The University of Virginia School of Law will use a $150,000 grant to help provide legal services to the region’s poor. The grant from the Jessie Ball DuPont Fund will be used to develop the Access to Justice Partnership, which officials hope will ultimately draw on pro bono services from roughly 75 private attorneys and about as many law students annually.
Virginia track and field coach Jason Vigilante could hardly contain his excitement over the announcement Monday of a $5 million gift for construction of a new facility for the sport. Amy Mitchell Griffin, a 1998 UVa graduate and former Cavaliers volleyball player, pledged the gift — the largest ever made for an Olympic sport project at the school — that will kick-start a drive to build a two-phase facility that will enhance the school’s track and field program.
Boreal forests across the Northern hemisphere are undergoing rapid, transformative shifts as a result of a warming climate that, in some cases, is triggering feedback loops producing even more regional warming, according to several new studies. Russia's boreal forest - the largest continuous expanse of forest in the world - has seen a transformation in recent years from larch to conifer trees, according to new research by University of Virginia researchers.
University of Virginia Police are investigating the death of Thomas W. Gilliam IV, a first-year student in the College of Arts & Sciences whose family has deep roots in Charlottesville. UVa police official Melissa Fielding, reports officers responded to the Physics Building on McCormick Road shortly before 11:30 p.m. Sunday to investigate an incident in which a student fell from the roof. Gilliam was taken to the UVa Medical Center where he died Monday from injuries suffered in the three-story fall.
Frank M. “Rusty” Conner III
Law School alumnus and managing partner of DLA Piper
DLA Piper managing partner defines success as ‘having a meaningful impact'
Washington Post Capital Business blog / March 27
Area sixth graders learned a big lesson on Friday. They experienced a day in the life of University of Virginia chemistry students. Students from Walker Upper Elementary School shadowed the UVa students.
University of Virginia students used chalk to make a case for their beliefs on the misconceptions that linger about Health Care reform on Friday. The event fell on the one-year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act becoming law.
Robert Bruner
Dean of U.Va.'s Darden School of Business
Commentary: Track record of mega mergers not so rosy
Seattle Times / March 27, 2011
Ed Burton
Economics professor
UVA Economics Professor Thinks Gas Prices Will Stabilize
WINA-AM-1070 / March 25
Brandon Garrett
Law professor
Commentary: Gov. Bentley: First do no harm, and then do good
Birmingham (Ala.) News / March 27, 2011
Jeff Goldsmith
Instructor in public health
The Model of the Future? / The health-care law promoted accountable-care organizations. But it's hard to know what they are.
Wall Street Journal / March 28
Dave Grissmer
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Brandon Garrett
Law professor and author of ”Convicting the Innocent: Where Criminal Prosecutions Go Wrong”
Getting guilty right / A new study shows how the innocent get put in jail – and how we can do better
Boston Globe / March 25
Any lingering doubt that football is America's true national pastime was eliminated Saturday afternoon. More than 750 orange-clad U.Va. supporters shunned March Madness, parking three-quarters of a mile from Episcopal High School, then sitting in 42-degree weather for two hours to watch a spring football practice.
Debbie Ryan waved her last goodbye and walked off the court at John Paul Jones Arena as the women's basketball coach at Virginia for the final time. After 34 seasons and 739 wins, something that landed Ryan in the Hall of Fame, her career came to an abrupt finish in the quarterfinal round of the Women's NIT as Charlotte held on for a 79-74 victory.
Recent research shows that women who start the most common type of hormone therapy - estrogen plus progestin - soon after menopause have a significantly higher risk of breast cancer than those who take the hormones later or not at all. (Research was led by Dr. Richard Santen, a professor in the Department of Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolism.)
Most U.S. single parents -- no matter what their income -- with children living at home have no life insurance, a survey says. The Genworth Financial LifeJacket Study, developed in collaboration with Gregory B. Fairchild of the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business, indicates 69 percent of single parents with children living in the household have no life insurance, while 45 percent of married parents with children in the household have no life insurance.
Is your teen a couch potato? A study suggests the family dog might be able to help a bit. … The study found that the kids in families with dogs got 32.1 minutes of moderate to vigorous exercise per day, while those without dogs got 29.5 minutes. The difference isn’t much, but lead author John R. Sirard said it’s big enough to suggest more study be done. The study, done at the University of Minnesota, was one of the first to examine the relationship between adolescents and dogs. Sirard, a professor at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, said the research didn&rsquo...